Glass Drop-Off Facilities
Council has recently introduced glass drop-off collection points at all Council transfer stations.
Victoria is introducing new glass only recycling services across the state.
Large investments are also being made into glass reprocessing facilities. This means glass manufacturers will be able to recycle twice as much glass to create new products.
Separating glass from other materials:
- Reduces contamination (broken glass won't spoil paper, cardboard, and plastic recycling)
- Ensures a cleaner pathway to recycling facilities
- Allows recovery of more resources that get recycled in Victoria
- Reduces use of virgin materials, making the most of limited natural resources
- Makes the value of recyclables go up by $210 million every year by creating a cleaner stream
Glass bottles (such as soft drink bottles) and jars (such as jam jars) can be recycled again and again through glass-to-glass recycling.
Glass-to-glass recycling is high value and the preferred use of this resource.
The drop-off collection points are specially designed modified purple collection bins. They are designed with separate compartments for different coloured glass.
These bins and surrounding hardstands were commissioned with the assistance of funding from the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DECCA).
The drop-off collection points are located at all four of Councils transfer stations: Wangaratta, Markwood, Moyhu and Eldorado.
Locations and opening times can be found here
Dropping off glass at our transfer stations is free of charge.
- Glass jars (empty, no lids)
- Pasta sauce, jam, condiments etc
- Glass bottles, including broken bottles (empty, no lids)
- Wine bottles
- Beer bottles
- Spirit (alcohol) bottles
- Olive oil and sauce bottles
- Make sure all jars and bottles are empty and clean
- Remove lids from all jars and bottles
- Place metal lids in the yellow-lid recycling bin
From 1 July 2023 residents that attend transfer stations will be encouraged not to place glass in yellow (co-mingle) bins, where possible council encourages residents to utilise this service to reduce the amount of glass in the yellow (co-mingle) bin at home.
Kerbside collections will not change.